The Vacuum Cleaner - E-book

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The Vacuum Cleaner - ENG

A Cultural Investigation

Maud Ellmann

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ISBN:	9783031566660
Formato:	ePub
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer Nature
Tema:	Ficción
Subtema:	Ficción
Año de publicación:	2024-07-25

This book offers an entertaining study of the facts and fantasies associated with the vacuum cleaner as it evolved from a luxury gimmick to a household necessity. The iconic appliance of twentieth-century domestic revolution, the vacuum cleaner stands at the forefront of radical changes in technology, automation, finance, marketing, hygiene, infrastructure, time-management, domestic labour, and the history of dirt. This appliance also insinuates itself into the dominant phobias of the period, including totalitarianism and nuclear war. Maud Ellmann shows how modern literature, art, and other media have transformed this humble domestic mod con into a curmudgeon, windbag, cannibal, vampire, dictator, infanticidal mother, freedom fighter, mantrap, and lothario.

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